I heard a joke about this man, who had a horrible character. He was rude, he was alwas dirty, he didn't have much and that lead him to be selfish, and even to start stealing. But then, one day, he became a Christian.
So he was no longer rude, dirty and selfish... he was rude, dirty, selfish and judgemental.
Unfortunately, this is quite often the case. And I know that I'm not a perfect exception either. Christians seem to be more judgemental. Perhaps it's because they know what's right and what's wrong, or perhaps it's just Western Christians, and so it's from the comfort of their cultures affluence...
But surely shouldn't Christians be the least judgemental of all? The heart of the Christian faith is the admission that we are part of that sinful humanity which we seem to love to judge.
We should be admitting we're sinners, so why be ashamed of our flaws? So shouldn't we be the most brutally honest people?
"was that your fault?"
"yep."
"did you do that on purpose?"
"yep"
"why did you do that?"
"I'm sorry, I have no excuse."
We've already accepted judgement on ourselves, and we're deserving of death, but have been given life.
So why are we convinced that what other people need is condemnation, rather than eternal life?
So, be brutally honest.
Are you judgemental?
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Thanks to Mark Driscoll for the inspiration for this post.
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